Why iPhone gets REALLY hot!

JiggyMatt · 07-20-2007, 05:03 AM

So last night my phone was NOT plugged in, it was just sitting on my nightstand. My phone did ring a few times during the night but I didn't answer it and let it lay there. When I woke up I immediately went for the phone and I had to throw it on the bed. it was WAY to hot to even hold. And also my battery was almost dead, it was way in the red. Which is odd because it haad a full charge when i went to bed. It was hotter than ANY electronic device I had ever used! I dont understand why it got so hot!

So i restarted the phone and it started to cool down slowly. I put it on the charger for about an hour and it stayed relatively cool. but why was the battery almost totally dead and why was it so hot?

Has anyone experienced something similar? or know why it was burning hot and had drained the battery entirely?

OJsakila · 07-20-2007, 05:11 AM

when I plug it in my car and play thru the radio it gets hot. Especially if the sun os shining on it too. Maybe you left it running an app or something. Doesn't sound right

hexonxonx · 07-20-2007, 05:12 AM

That shouldn't be happening, mine is never hot unless I place it on top of my Mac for a while while I am using iTunes. Even then it doesn't absorb that much heat. The phone should never be hot, maybe a bit warm from using it.
If it happens again, I would take it in for service, especially since the battery drained that quickly.

alb0zf1n3st · 07-20-2007, 07:13 AM

Mine gets fairly hot when you charge and use it.. but then again doesnt almost everything in life get hot when you charge

TrippalHealicks · 07-20-2007, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by JiggyMatt

So last night my phone was NOT plugged in, it was just sitting on my nightstand. My phone did ring a few times during the night but I didn't answer it and let it lay there. When I woke up I immediately went for the phone and I had to throw it on the bed. it was WAY to hot to even hold. And also my battery was almost dead, it was way in the red. Which is odd because it haad a full charge when i went to bed. It was hotter than ANY electronic device I had ever used! I dont understand why it got so hot!

So i restarted the phone and it started to cool down slowly. I put it on the charger for about an hour and it stayed relatively cool. but why was the battery almost totally dead and why was it so hot?

Has anyone experienced something similar? or know why it was burning hot and had drained the battery entirely?

Here's what I don't understand....
You titled this thread as it were a statement, or some explanation, and it's nothing but YOU asking US WHY it gets hot. I read your entire post, hoping to maybe get some explanation behind the "hot iPhone" issue, in case I ever run into it.

alb0zf1n3st · 07-20-2007, 08:52 AM

its amazing how 1 character can change the view of everything "?" "!" lol

kdarling · 07-20-2007, 09:00 AM

Several people on other forums have talked about their phone getting very hot.

No one knows if it's software (runaway loop) or hardware causing it.

The usual answer is: get it exchanged.

In any case, just so you'll know, you're not alone.

spacerog · 07-20-2007, 09:31 AM

The phone uses the back metal case as a way to dissipate extra heat. It should not get so hot that you can't touch it though. If your iphone (or wall charger) is burning you then return them. Here is what Aple has to say about it.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305695

- SR

Hmm, anyone useing a skin have a problem with a hot iPhone?

kwt · 07-20-2007, 10:08 AM

I have only noticed mine getting warm, but never enough to be a concern.

Lando B · 07-03-2009, 03:49 AM

I feel you on that issue man. But I honestly don't think that it has anything to with the battery. I have the 2nd generation iPhone and when I was running the 2.2.1 I had no problem with my phone getting hot. Even when I was running the 1.1.4 softwear on my 1st gen iPhone I didn't have a problem with overheating. This didn't start happening until I updated to the 3.0 softwear! My iPhone started getting really hot while I was talking on the phone or on an app. And when I charge my phone while on the phone it wouldn't charge! It would show that the battery was fully charged and it would get even hotter and drain the battery even faster! And just like you I would leave my phone next to my bed at night fully charged and the battery would be at 60% when I woke up! All this is a glitch on the 3.0 update. And I'm not the only person that is having this problem. I know 2 other people with the 2nd gen iPhone that started having this problem for the very first time since they've had their phone once the updated to 3.0. And I have a feeling that Apple doesn't want to do anything about it! I just saw a local news report today about the overheating 3G S's and all Apple had to say was not to use your iPhone so much! What a bunch of bastards, lol!!!

So is anyone else out there with a 2nd gen having this same problem once they updated to 3.0?